Please take a moment to reflect on those who we lost during 2008. Closer to home, spare a bigger moment for those of your family and friends who you’ve lost in 2008. The list below is a few selected people who many of us will have almost known, grown up with or seen in the […]
Posted on December 31st, 2008 by Stephen
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Mike Smith, one of the voices of the sixties, left just £66,000 in his will, following his death earlier this year.As the lead singer of The Dave Clark Five, he was heard by over 100 million people who bought their records. The band had twenty top twenty singles in the UK and America and their […]
Posted on December 24th, 2008 by Stephen
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Roy Wood wrote and performed (with his band Wizzard) one of the greatest ever Christmas time songs that first charted way back in 1973. It’s charted several times since and it’s back in at number 31 again this week, mostly due the number of downloads accepted for chart make-up positions these days.
For those of us […]
Posted on December 22nd, 2008 by Stephen
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It’s of great value to look over the government’s website for citizen’s rights concerning death. Here’s the link to it:
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Governmentcitizensandrights/Death/Preparation/DG_10029429
You’ll learn that a person is unable to make a ‘refuse consent to life-sustaining treatment’ decision if he/she is unable to:
a) understand the information relevant to the decision
b) retain that information
c) use or weigh that information […]
Posted on December 18th, 2008 by Stephen
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There has been a number of high profile assisted suicide cases reported in the press recently.
As always in cases like those presented of late, there is no easy way to give a real worthwhile and valuable opinion of what is right and what is not unless you’re in the situation yourself.
The law is […]
Posted on December 16th, 2008 by Stephen
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The launch of Single Parent Month
National organisation, The Society of Will Writers, is launching ‘Single Parent Month’ throughout January 2009. Current research has shown that single parents are one of the most likely groups to not have a Will and The Society are keen to change this with an initiative that will hopefully see more […]
Posted on December 11th, 2008 by Stephen
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As a member of (probably) the greatest musical group ever, The Beatles, John Lennon will be remembered by many as a world leader of peace.
Born John Winston Lennon on 9th October 1940, he lived just forty years before he was murdered on December 8th, 1980.
What we will never know is what his future held for […]
Posted on December 8th, 2008 by Stephen
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A pressing question often asked of the LSUK consultants concerns how a person can continue to live in a property after the owner has deceased. This often relates to a son or daughter or perhaps a brother or sister living with parents or siblings.
If, for example, a son has lived with his parents for a […]
Posted on December 4th, 2008 by Stephen
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Lots of citizens think that Muslim people cannot make a Will as the Fara’id (Islamic inheritance law) already determines the individual shares of the heirs. Some believe that there is no need for a Muslim to make a Will, as the whole thing is determined by Fara’id.
Due to this, many followers of Islam have […]
Posted on December 1st, 2008 by Stephen
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